I've never really had a hobby, however I've never been without a camera. So.... not long ago I was discussing hobbies with my wife and we decided that photography would now be my "Hobby". Hobby is such a starnge word. Shouldn't it mean a child Hobbit? Oh, well, I digress.
Here we are aproximately 25 years after I first began destroying rolls of film (mainly by opening cameras to see how they worked), and I'm going to try making a go of this. I began my interst in picture taking with a dime store 110mm focus free camera. Since then I have progressed up to several newer and more advanced models. To be quite honest though, the simple camera I had back in High school and college was my most favorite. It was a fully manual 35mm SLR. Of course it had bells and whistles, such as a detachable flash and internal light meter. I could do anything with that camera. My current camera is designed to be idiot proof, which plainly means it limits my artistic flair. No more intentionally over exposing a slide to capture extra detail, or using lower light settings to capture falling rain. If the light's not right it flashes for me. Sigh, oh well. So on to the point of all of this nonsence. Here are a few examples of my work.
First we'll start out in Corpus Christy , TX. This photo was taken from the bay looking back into the harbor. Oil tankers galore. 110mm 1990
Next we'll move on to some of the artistic flair I spoke of with my favorite camera. 35mm 1996
Some photographs just make you fell good, and this is one of my favorites. It doesn"t hurt that this was one of my best friends in high school.
Its strange but I prefer shooting landscapes and non living objects. People are difficult to work with sometimes. LOL. As if I could go without....
...My wife. This photo was taken on a rainy day in July of 2002 (35mm). We were in San Antonio, TX. This is the back end of the famed river walk, the part without resturants and hotels. Why do rainy days make such good pictures? I apollogize for the grainyness. I was scanning in an old print I had found. Well I'm off to find more of my old material to share. Also be looking for my newer material arriving soon.
Here we are aproximately 25 years after I first began destroying rolls of film (mainly by opening cameras to see how they worked), and I'm going to try making a go of this. I began my interst in picture taking with a dime store 110mm focus free camera. Since then I have progressed up to several newer and more advanced models. To be quite honest though, the simple camera I had back in High school and college was my most favorite. It was a fully manual 35mm SLR. Of course it had bells and whistles, such as a detachable flash and internal light meter. I could do anything with that camera. My current camera is designed to be idiot proof, which plainly means it limits my artistic flair. No more intentionally over exposing a slide to capture extra detail, or using lower light settings to capture falling rain. If the light's not right it flashes for me. Sigh, oh well. So on to the point of all of this nonsence. Here are a few examples of my work.
First we'll start out in Corpus Christy , TX. This photo was taken from the bay looking back into the harbor. Oil tankers galore. 110mm 1990
Next we'll move on to some of the artistic flair I spoke of with my favorite camera. 35mm 1996Some photographs just make you fell good, and this is one of my favorites. It doesn"t hurt that this was one of my best friends in high school.
Its strange but I prefer shooting landscapes and non living objects. People are difficult to work with sometimes. LOL. As if I could go without....
...My wife. This photo was taken on a rainy day in July of 2002 (35mm). We were in San Antonio, TX. This is the back end of the famed river walk, the part without resturants and hotels. Why do rainy days make such good pictures? I apollogize for the grainyness. I was scanning in an old print I had found. Well I'm off to find more of my old material to share. Also be looking for my newer material arriving soon.
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